bipartisan

Examples of bipartisan in the following topics:

• The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

  • The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is a United States federal law that regulates the financing of political campaigns.
  • The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is a United States federal law amending the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 regulating the financing of political campaigns.
  • Federal Election Commission, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of most of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA).

• Campaign Finance Reform

  • These specific election donations are known as ‘hard money. ' The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002, is the most recent major federal law on campaign finance, which revised some of the legal limits on expenditures set in 1974, and prohibited unregulated contributions to national political parties.
  • The Congress passed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), also called the McCain-Feingold bill after its chief sponsors, John McCain and Russ Feingold .

• The Caucus

  • In a different vein, the Congressional Internet Caucus is a bipartisan group promoting the growth and advancement of the Internet.

• No Child Left Behind

  • Congress with bipartisan support.
  • President Bush signing the bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act at Hamilton H.S. in Hamilton, Ohio.

• Budget Cuts

  • During Reagan's presidency, federal income tax rates were lowered significantly with the signing of the bipartisan Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which lowered the top marginal tax bracket from 70% to 50% and the lowest bracket from 14% to 11%.
  • The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was another bipartisan effort championed by Reagan, further reduced the top rate to 28%, raised the bottom bracket from 11% to 15%, and, cut the number of tax brackets to four.

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  • The nonprofit group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
  • The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 prohibited corporations and unions from using their general treasury to fund "electioneering communications" within 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election.

• Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

  • The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in ended the spoils system at the federal level in 1883 and created a bipartisan Civil Service Commission to evaluate job candidates on a nonpartisan merit basis.

• The Fight for the Treaty

  • Finally, a bipartisan group of 13 "irreconcilables" opposed a treaty in any form.

• Free Enterprise Economics and Reaganomics

  • During Reagan's presidency, federal income tax rates were lowered significantly with the signing of the bipartisan Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which lowered the top marginal tax bracket (for the wealthiest Americans) from 70% to 50% and the lowest bracket (for the poorest Americans) from 14% to 11%.
  • The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was another bipartisan effort championed by Reagan, further reduced the top rate to 28%, raised the bottom bracket from 11% to 15% (meaning the poorest Americans would pay more), and cut the number of tax brackets to four.

• Containment to Rollback

  • However, Eisenhower's decision not to intervene during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 made containment a bipartisan doctrine.